Simple Irish Soda Bread with Omega 3 Boost

If you are a busy bee trying to live and enjoy your life and eat healthy without breaking the bank then you usually need to make a lot of stuff yourself

That is when you face the biggest issue of the modern age… not enough time.

How often do you wish for an 8th day in the week.

There are so many “healthy” recipes available online that require weird, unusual or very expensive ingredients. To add insult to injury they then require at least an hour of complicated maneuvers in the kitchen just to make some bread.

Well I ain’t got the time or patience for complexity when simplicity can taste every bit as good!

So, below, I present you with a dead easy recipe for 2 loafs of a good old Irish soda bread with added Omega 3 boost (linseed) that anyone can make in less than 15 minutes, believe me when I tell you:)

I actually managed to have my little T. in his feeding chair eating a slice of orange (more like squeezing, squashing and spreading to be honest) while I quickly made 2 loafs of this amazing healthy, cheap and easy bread (10 minutes from start to oven including passing that orange slice to T. from the floor every 2 minutes…). As I finished making the bread, he was just finishing “eating” his orange.

Here is it, another minimalist recipe…No hassle and bustle here… No complicated ingredients, no complicated instructions…

Irish Bread with Omega 3 Boost

Step 1: Make a Wet Part

• 1 cup of linseed (pour hot water over them and leave for few minutes until they expand and then remove excess water and mix with wet part)
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups of buttermilk or whey from making your own homemade cheese
• ½ cup of oil (or butter)

Combine all ingredients using a whisk and put aside.

Step 2: Make a Dry Part

• 6 cups of self-rising flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tbsp sugar (optional)

Sieve all the ingredients into a separate bowl.

Step 3: Mix, Pour, Bake

• Combine wet with dry using a spoon.
• Pour into 2 baking forms.
• Bake in 180 Celsius for 45-60 minutes (that depends on your oven, check by sticking a thin skewer stick or something similar into the center of the bread and remove. If there are wet bits of bread mix sticking to the skewer then the bread is not ready. If it comes out dry the bread is ready)
• Once baked, take the bread out, wrap in a kitchen towel and leave on a wire rack to cool.

To remember:

• You can use any shape baking pan you have, as you can see on a photo I used normal bread loaf pan and a round one I had. It doesn’t really matter:)
• You can use baking paper but I would encourage to just oil and sprinkle with flour as the baking paper is an addition that you don’t really need.
• You can make it vegan by replacing all the diary ingredients with vegan options, I haven’t tried it yet, but will post the vegan option as soon as I get a chance.
• You can freeze one bread for later.

You liked it? Try an awesome gluten free linseed madness bread here🙂

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